Liffy 1M, and what did Ahern do to Willie Walsh, when he tried to pull a fast one with the MBO ? i.e. it isn't as if he didn't force senior management before. In anycase, Mannion and his merry men can still make plenty of money, just not as a reward for dirty tricks.
If the share price falls, the private institutions will try to sell their shares and Scumair would gladly buy them IF they were allowed. Don't forget, a Ryanair takeover has already been ruled anti-competitive.
The Government went headlong into this in their typical inept manner by not making sure AL couldn't move those slots. They can now cut the treading warily rubbish and get on to make good their monumental **** up.